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Educational Leadership 1 EDA 557. School Finance. 3 Hours EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP This course addresses topics such as equity, adequacy, efficiency in school funding; local, state, and federal funding sources; funding Courses methods; and budgeting emphasizing features unique to Ohio. EDA 607. Internship II. 3 Hours EDA 505. Educational Leadership. 3 Hours The internship is intended to provide the participant an opportunity The focus of this course is leadership within schools and the role of the to relate the coursework, research, simulation, and independent study educational leader as scholar/practitioner emphasizing excellence in the in which he/she has engaged to actual problems encountered in educational organization through the effective integration of theory and administering the elementary or secondary school building/program. practice. EDA 611. Assessment & Instruction for School Improvement. 3 Hours EDA 507. Internship I. 3 Hours This course focuses on the role of educational leaders with setting and This course provides opportunities for the student to experience attaining high academic goals for the primary purpose of maximized administrative responsibilities. Emphasis is placed on practicing the student learning outcomes, thus improving the practices of instruction skills learned in the master's program, receiving feedback on efforts, and and assessment. Educational leaders need an understanding of the best relating practice to theory. Prerequisite(s): EDA 551. practices for enhancing teaching, curriculum, supervision, assessment EDA 509. Supervision & Professional Development. 3 Hours and professional development. Educational leaders also need to know This course in the theory and practice of supervision is designed to how to collect, interpret and analyze what's been assessed and to explore essential concepts and skills necessary in providing leadership in use this data with reporting to various constituents of the learning the area of formative and summative evaluation for the improvement of community. The focus of this course is the integration of theory with teaching and learning. Emphasis will be placed on concepts and means the practices of instruction and assessment for improving the teaching/ of the scholar-practitioner providing leadership in the supervisory task learning process. areas and building learning communities through critical reflection. EDA 614. Variable Topics. 1-6 Hours EDA 510. Instructional Leadership. 3 Hours Variable topics workshop. The course focus is on developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and EDA 626. Staff Personnel. 3 Hours values essential in helping others to expand/refine their instructional This course emphasizes the systematic selection, evaluation, assignment effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on helping teachers use alternating and development of both professional and classified school personnel. models of instruction, diagnosing learner needs, prescribing appropriate Scholar-practitioners participating in this class will develop an learner instructional strategies, and accommodating learner needs based understanding of the associated task areas. upon the concept of diversity. EDA 654. School Finance. 3 Hours EDA 511. Curriculum. 3 Hours This course addresses topics such as equity, adequacy, efficiency The focus of this course is on the development of an understanding of in school funding; local, state, and federal funding sources; funding the history, purposes, and practices of the school curriculum. Within the methods; and budgeting emphasizing features unique to Ohio. course, emphasis is placed on helping students personally integrate the scholarly and practical dimensions and on demonstrating that EDA 655. Principalship. 3 Hours integration. This course centers on the application of leadership and management principles to the elementary, middle, and secondary school settings. EDA 515. School Law. 3 Hours Emphases include developing vision and mission statements, reflecting This course addresses legal issues pertinent to teacher, administrator, on the leadership role of the principal, and reviewing the process for the and student legal rights and responsibilities in the school building. The daily administration of the total school program. legal process, structures of the law, legislation/litigation, and practices to avoid legal infringements are addressed. EDA 710. Curriculum Evaluation & Instruction. 3 Hours This course is designed to refine participant understanding of the realms EDA 551. Research. 3 Hours of meaning, characteristics of effective programs, research findings on This course will equip school leaders with the tools of research. effective instruction, and curriculum management. Emphasis will be placed on becoming frequent and knowledgeable users of research on schools, developing skills in critiquing research, and EDA 711. Curriculum Development & Leadership. 3 Hours applying the tools of research to address issues that face school leaders. The major focus of the course will be how an educational leader at This course is a prerequisite for EDA 507. the district level designs and implements curriculum based upon philosophical, psychological, and historical underpinnings of curriculum EDA 555. Community Relations for School Leaders. 3 Hours theory. A recurring focus in the course is the relationship of practice and This course is designed to assist school administrators in refining scholarship and practice and theory as the educational leader creates a their communication skills and political understanding. Provisions are learning community. made for the development of guidelines, techniques, and practices that facilitate wholesome relationships between school and community. EDA 712. Program & Staff Development. 3 Hours This course is designed to strengthen student competence with program EDA 556. Leadership in Diverse Communities. 3 Hours development and evaluation processes. Major emphasis is focused This course will promote understanding of differences in race, gender, on staff development planning, program implementation, and program social class, religious affiliation, and sexual orientation and the assessment. implications of these differences for leadership in the school setting. Emphasis will be on promoting understanding and managing diversity within schools as learning organizations. 2 Educational Leadership EDA 718. Superintendency. 3 Hours EDA 811. Curriculum Development & Leadership. 3 Hours This course addresses the duties and responsibilities of central office See EDA 711. administrators, especially those of the superintendent. Emphasis is EDA 812. Program & Staff Development. 3 Hours placed on board of education relations, communication, and an analysis See EDA 712. of the political structures within which the superintendent operates. EDA 818. Superintendency. 3 Hours EDA 733. Internship III. 3 Hours See EDA 718. This internship provides significant opportunities for candidates to EDA 833. Internship III. 3 Hours synthesize and apply the knowledge and practice and develop the This experience is intended to provide the participant with an opportunity skills identified in the ELCC standards through, substantial, sustained, to relate the coursework, research, simulation, and independent study standards-based work in real setting, planned and guided cooperatively in which he/she has engaged to actual problems encountered in by the institution and school district personnel. This course is intended administration. to provide the participants with an opportunity to relate the coursework, research, simulation, and independent study in which they have engaged EDA 851. Research. 3 Hours in real problems encountered in administration, supervision and This course is designed to provide practical application and issues in instructional programs primarily in a district level/central office setting. research as they relate to the educational leader. The objective of the course is the development of a proposal to conduct a research project EDA 759. Law of Special Education. 3 Hours which the student will finish prior to completion of the Educational A review of pertinent legislation and litigation and litigation impacting on Specialist degree program. the rights of parents, students, and teachers involved in the process of providing a free appropriate public education for children with disabilities. EDA 852. Assessment & Instruction for School Improvement. 3 Hours Emphasis is placed on how teachers can, through an understanding This course focuses on the role of educational leaders with setting and of the law, facilitate active parent participation in the developmental attaining high academic goals for the primary purpose of maximized progress of students. Teachers' specific responsibilities are described student learning outcomes, thus improving the practices of instruction in relation to current requirements for development of appropriate and assessment. Educational leaders need an understanding of the best educational programs. practices for enhancing teaching, curriculum, supervision, assessment and professional development. Educational leaders also need to know EDA 760. Seminar: District Level Management. 3 Hours how to collect, interpret and analyze what's been assessed and to This course is intended to provide the participants with the knowledge use this data with reporting to various constituents of the learning and understanding of practical issues necessary for school community. The focus of this course is the integration of theory with superintendents to successfully manage a school district. These issues the practices of instruction and assessment for improving the teaching/ include matters relevant to managing a school district as an organization, learning process. managing the various operational components of the district, and managing district resources. Prerequisite(s): Admitted to Superintendent EDA 855. Legal Issues in School Leadership. 3 Hours licensure program or permission of department chairperson. This course addresses the statutes and judicial decisions which relate to schools and the responsibilities of boards of education, teachers, EDA 761. Seminar: District Level Leadership. 3 Hours and administrators. Emphasis is placed on understanding the legal This course addresses current topics related to district level issues framework as it relates to providing quality education. including curriculum and instruction leadership (planning, goals, alignment, staff development), technology, accreditation, staff-personnel EDA 859. Law of Special Education. 3 Hours (hiring and supervision of district and building level administrators), A review of pertinent legislation and litigation and litigation impacting on community partnerships, capacity building, contract issues, ethics, and the rights of parents, students, and teachers involved in the process of legal issues (focusing on special education) appropriate to each section providing a free appropriate public education for children with disabilities. along with other related areas associated with successful instructional Emphasis is placed on how teachers can, through an understanding leadership at the district level. Emphasis is placed on meeting the needs of the law, facilitate active parent participation in the developmental of each group of students in the district and the relationships that must progress of students. Teachers' specific responsibilities are described be developed in order to achieve these ends. in relation to current requirements for development of appropriate educational programs. EDA 762. Seminar: Policy, Politics & Decision Making. 3 Hours The curriculum is both explanatory and exploratory and includes the EDA 860. Seminar: District Level Management. 3 Hours following general topics: recommending, enforcing, and evaluating See EDA 760. school district policy; political dimensions of district administration in EDA 861. Seminar: District Level Leadership. 3 Hours the context of representative democracy; and, the application of problem This course addresses current topics related to district level issues solving and decision making paradigms in district administration. including curriculum and instruction leadership (planning, goals, Focused attention is given to local stakeholder involvement in policy alignment, staff development), technology, accreditation, staff-personnel development and problem solving. (hiring and supervision of district and building level administrators), EDA 807. EDS Project Seminar. 3 Hours community partnerships, capacity building, contract issues, ethics, and Completion of the research project is an integral part of this degree legal issues (focusing on special education) appropriate to each section program. Students earn three semester hours of credit for the completion along with other related areas associated with successful instructional of their research project. This project will relate to the individual's leadership at the district level. Emphasis is placed on meeting the needs coursework, interest, and work responsibilities. of each group of students in the district and the relationships that must be developed in order to achieve these ends. EDA 810. Curriculum Evaluation & Instruction. 3 Hours See EDA 710. Educational Leadership 3 EDA 862. Seminar: Policy, Politics & Decision Making. 3 Hours The curriculum is both explanatory and exploratory and includes the following general topics: recommending, enforcing, and evaluating school district policy; political dimensions of district administration in the context of representative democracy; and, the application of problem solving and decision making paradigms in district administration. Focused attention is given to local stakeholder involvement in policy development and problem solving.
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